NASCAR journalist Bob Pockrass has revealed Spire Motorsports’ interest in signing Kyle Busch, who is currently struggling with his performance at Richard Childress Racing. Despite the setbacks and his winless 2024 season, will he switch teams at this stage in his career?
For the first time since 2005, Busch failed to win a race last year, and the challenges with his car have continued to reportedly hold him back. Since his 10th-place finish at Sonoma, the 40-year-old driver has only registered another top-10 finish of P8 at Darlington in the last 11 races.
Not to mention the exit announcement of Busch’s crew chief Randall Burnett, who moves to Trackhouse Racing in 2026. However, RCR decided to make the change much earlier by bringing in Andy Street, who will serve as Busch’s new crew chief for the remainder of the 2025 season.
Despite his RCR contract securing him for the 2026 season, Pockrass believes Busch will win a race again, but he is unsure whether it will be with his current team. He said on Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour podcast:
“I think Kyle Busch wins again, I just don’t know whether it’s at RCR or not. Look, I think Spire would like to have him and see what they can do with him. You know, sounds like he’s, you know, as they’ve all said, staying for next year. But you know he can’t be happy. And if they continue to run the way they’ve been, he’ll want to leave. I think that’s the challenge now, getting a new crew chief.
“Do you bring somebody in who is probably wondering, ‘Gosh, am I coming in to crew chief Kyle Busch? And is that just going to be one year? Or am I being brought in to crew chief Kyle Busch for a year and then maybe either Austin Hill, Jesse Love, or somebody else?’”
Kaulig Racing’s AJ Allmendinger has spoken about the slump in Busch’s performance, given his team’s close association with RCR. He highlighted the lack of feel on Busch’s car as the main contributing factor to the veteran driver’s problems. Newsweek Sports reported Allmendinger’s comments: